The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Bertolt Brecht
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Plot: Epic theater
- Time of Work: Shortly after World War II
- Setting: Soviet Caucasus
- Principal Characters: Delegates, An expert, Grusche Vaknadze, Natella Abashvili, Azdak
- Genres: Drama, Epic theater
- Subjects: Justice, Mothers, Parents and children, Communism or communists, Politics, Revolutions, 1940’s, Trials, Law or legislation, Ethics, Soviet Union or Soviets
- Locales: Soviet Union, Caucasus
The Play
The Caucasian Chalk Circle begins in a ruined village in the Soviet Caucasus shortly after the end of World War II. Workers of two collective farms meet with an expert from the State Commission for Reconstruction to discuss the rebuilding of their valley. While members of the Galinsk goat-breeding kolkhoz want to return to the valley, members of the neighboring Rosa Luxemburg fruit farm intend to use the former grassland to plant orchards and vineyards. With the help of an agronomist, the two groups try to arrive at a solution. The agronomist reminds them of the...
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